Wire fence and camouflage structure



March 12, 1946. c. FIELD 2,396,256

WIRE FENCE AND CAMOUFLAGE STRUCTURE Filed July 17, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR (@055 r F7540 ATTQRNEYS arch 12, 1946. c. FIELD 2,396,256

: WIRE FENCE AND CAMOUFLAGE STRUCTURE Filed July 17, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 M, ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 12, 1946 WIRE FENCE AND CAMOUFLAGE STRUCTURE Crosby Field, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Brillo Manufacturing Company, Inc, a corporation of New York Application July '17, 1941, Serial No. 402,809

2 Claims.

This application relates to a wire fence structure, and to a combination of such fence structure with metal wool material for camouflage purposes and the like.

The term fence is used herein broadly, and is inclusive of crossed wire structures with large or small spaces.

In carrying out my invention I utilize scrap wire obtained in the manufacture of metal wool. Such wire is characterized by its segmental cross section which results from the repeated shaving of one surface of the wire in the process of obtaining metal wool. During this operation the wire is stretched tautly between two supports, and minute thicknesses of the wire are shaved ofi by relative motion between the wire and a series of knives until only a remnant of the wire is left. This remnant has a flat face, which is the surface exposed to the knives, and a rounded face constituted by the portion of the periphery of the wire not contacted by the shaving knives. This segmental shaped scrap wire has heretofore been waste material and has been disposed of as scrap metal.

By my invention I have provided a novel and heretofore unsuspected and unrecognized use for such scrap wire, alone, and in combination with metal wool ribbon material, and produce astructure peculiarly suited for fabrication as a grid or fence by welding, and for camouflage purposes and the like.

When combined with metal wool, for camouflage purposes and the like, the metal wool may be secured on the wire grid or fence structure in a variety of ways, and the members comprising the fence structure may be arranged and attached together in a variety of ways, and it is to be understood that the modifications of the invention described herein are merely illustrative of some forms of the invention which are at present preferred, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention except as required by the prior art and the appended claims.

The invention will best be understood if the following description is read in connection with cluded within the dotted circle, showing loops I of two difierent members 4 in superimposed relation;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 4 showing a further modification Fig. 7 is a detail view partly in cross section taken on the line 'I--"I of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a detail end View, partly in cross section, showing two of the segmental wire members which I employ welded together in crossed position with their rounded faces in abutting relation;

Fig. 9 is an elevation of my fence structure combined with ribbons of metal wool and showing one means of securing the metal wool on the fence structure;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the combined structure shown in Fig. 9;

Fig. '11 is a detail view, partly in cross section, taken on the line II-II, Fig. 9;

Fig. 12 is a side elevation of my fence structure, similar to Fig. 9, but showing the metal wool ribbon meterial directly welded to the cross members I and 2 thus dispensing with the latching members 3;

Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 12 but showing a layer of metal wool material interposed between the longitudinal members I and the cross members 2, and engaged therebetween by the welds at the points of intersection of members I and 2; and

Fig. 14 is a detail end view taken on the line I4-I4, Fig. 13.

The numeral I indicates horizontal longitudinally extendingscrap wire members obtained in the manufacture of steel or other metal wool, and the numeral 2 indicates similar wire members extending vertically, across the longitudinal wire members. Each of the members I and 2 is segmental in cross section, having a rounded face a, and a flat faceb.

It will be understood that although the members I and 2 are illustrated herein at right angles to each other they may be arranged in any angular relationship.

The crossed scrap wires 1 and 2, are secured together by welding, forming the welds w at points of intersection P, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 6, for example. The wires may be arranged so that like or unlike faces are in contact at the points of intersection. When flat faces are opposed there will be a larger area of contact between crossed wires than when rounded faces are opposed. However, the latter arrangement has the advantages of ease and speed in welding.

The numeral 3 indicates short scrap wire members extending between points of intersection of adjacent pairs of wires I and 2. The ends of wire members 3 are bent around the respective points of intersection forming the hooks h the extremities of which overlie the side of the grid formed by crossed wire members I and 2 opposite to the side over which the intermediate portion of the members extend. The members 3 may be arranged in a variety of Ways, as for example, diagonally of the rectangles formed by crossed pairs of wires I and 2, o'r extending substantially in the same plane as either the longitudinal wires I, or the cross wires 2.

In Fig. 4 a scrap wire member 4 is shown which is longer than the member 3 illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and which is arranged to form a diamond shaped design. The member 4 is looped around three points of intersection P, forming the loops L at three points of the diamond, and the ends of members 4 are secured to the fourth point of intersection completing the diamond design. The ends of members 4 may be bent around the fourth point of intersection as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 in connection with the members 3, or the ends of the wire members d may be secured to the point of intersection of wires I and 2 by welding. Thus, for example, all three wires I, 2, and 4 may be joined at a common intersection point by a single weld as indicated at w in Fig. 4.

In Fig. 6 a scrap wire member is shown which is of substantially the same length as the memher 4 shown in Fig. 4, but, instead of being arranged in a diamond design it is extended in a straight line from the bottom to the top of the grid structure formed by the crossed wires I and 2. As illustrated it is looped around points of intersection P formed by the crossing of wires I and 2, forming loops L, except at the top and bottom longitudinal wires I where the ends of the members 5 may be bent around the points of intersection forming the hooks h referred to above.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 7 for example, the flat faces b of the segmental wires I and 2 are arranged in abutting relation. The opposite arrangement, with the rounded faces a in abut ting relationship is shown in Fig. 3. Obviously the crossed wires I and 2 may be arranged, if desired. with the rounded face a of one wire in abutting relation to the flat face b of the other wire.

In Fig. 9 a fence structure, similar to the structure illustarted in Figs. 1 to 8, is shown in combination with a covering of steel or other metal wool material. The longitudinally extending wire members I, and the cross wire members 2, may be formed of scrap wire obtained in the manufacture of metal wool, and they may be joined at points of intersection P by welding forming the welds w as described above. A covering or screen of metal wool material may be supported on the fence or frame thus formed in any suitable way.

As illustrated in Fig. 9 ribbons of metal wool material 6, approximately equal in width to the distance between cross members 2, are positioned on the grid or fence formed by crossed members I and 2, with their edges substantially contiguous to, but extending somewhat over, adjacent cross wire members 2. The ribbons of metal wool are held in place by the short wire members 3, which, as described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2, extend between adjacent intersections of wire members I and 2 and have their respective ends bent over the intersections of wire members I and 2 forming the hooks h. The hooks h for this purpose are made long enough to overlie a substantial portion of the metal wool ribbon 6. The wire members 3 overlie the opposite face "of metal wool ribbon 6 from that presented to the grid or fence of crossed wires I and 2, and the hooks h may not only extend around the respective points of intersection of wire members I and 2 but may preferably have their extremities projecting through the metal wool material, as illustrated in detail in Fig. 10, thus latching the metal wool material to the grid or fence of crossed wires I and 2.

The wire members 3 are easily removable and so facilitate the replacement of individual ribbons 6 of metal wool material. However, the metal wool material may be secured on the fence or frame of crossed wires I and 2 in a variety of ways. Thus, for example, the metal wool material may be directly welded to the fence structure, as illustrated in Fig. 12 by welds 20 or a layer of metal wool material may be interposed between longitudinal wires I and cross wires 2 and joined to wires I and 2 by welds 10 at the intersection of wires I and 2, as illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14, thus avoiding a separate welding operation.

The fence r grid formed by crossed wires I and 2, and the metal wool ribbon material, singly or together, may be rust proofed, and dipped in paint, or otherwise treated to form an elfective and durable camouflage material. Paint adheres at intervals to the metal wool material in clots c of irregular shape thus forming designs which add to the simulation of foliage or other living vegetable matter as, for example, when the structure is painted green.

The employment of scrap wire obtained in the manufacture of steel wool provides an unexpected and valuable outlet for this hitherto waste material. Used either alone or in combination with a covering of metal woo-l material it provides a durable inexpensive fence material well adapted for manufacture by welding operations.

What I claim is:

l. A camouflage material comprising, in combination, a self supporting frame of longitudinal and cross wire members secured together at points of intersection, and ribbons of metal wool, substantially equal inwidth to the distance between adjacent longitudinal members, secured in substantially parallel relation on said frame, ,with their respective edges substantially contiguous with said longitudinal members.

2. A camouflage material comprising, in combination, a self supporting frame of longitudinal and cross wire members secured together at points of intersection, and ribbons of metal wool, substantially equal in width to the distance between adjacent cross members, secured in substantially parallel relation on said frame, with their respective edges substantially contiguous with said cross members.

CROSBY FIELD. 

